[GreenKeys] "ASCII" typebox & stunt boxes

Don Robert House [email protected]
Thu, 6 May 2004 21:23:05 -0500


>On Tue, 2004-05-04 at 19:20, Don Robert House wrote:
>
>>  >http://wps.com/temp/typebox-inkside.jpg (all three oddballs)
>>  >
>>  >http://wps.com/temp/typebox-hammerside.jpg (just one)
>
>
>>  The top typebox RS is for a Model 28
>>  The middle typebox TD is for a Model 35
>>  Not sure about the bottom but I think it is for a Model 29
>>  (Does it have a two letter code?)
>
>Yes, TU. As Gil noted, the hardware is on backwards (I don't recall
>doing such a thing, but who knows).
>
>Thanks a ton for the info! I've never heard of a Model 29; were they
>produced?

A few were produced for internal use in the Bell System as remote 
terminals for IBM mainframes as I understand it.  Most innards were 
later converted to M35s and the cabinets turned back into 28s.

Don

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